Flitting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Flitting is a noun meaning gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
Meaning
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
More Meanings
- (Northern England, Scotland) The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
- present participle and gerund of flit
- Brief, likely to be of short duration.
Example Sentences
the flittings of birds
Uncle Billy came home for the weekend to help with the flitting.
The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.
After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats.
Word Forms
- flittings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flitter, flicking, flick, fling, vacillation, shift.
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